WBB recruiting for the future
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It's a new service doing it, so who knows. Premier Basketball replaced Dan Olson who had done it for a decade or so. Dan would make small updates but usually any big changes took place after AAU season in the fall.
To get a ranking kids must go to a Premier basketball event and pay for it. Unless they're a top 5 player. Most of the committed kids aren't even ranked anymore. Seems like they're ranking available players unless a player is top 5. Kind of sleezy!
I like Hannah S. better of these two. Will Hannah play SF and Jada play PF at Iowa? Or will they play the same position?
For the experts here, how impressed are you with Jada. Is she ready to step in and contribute or does she need a year or two? I have only watched the one game in the state tournament and was not impressed with her quickness or aggressiveness. I realize one game is probably not a fair appraisal.
I watched 2 of her state tournament games and was not that impressed either. All those shots she missed 2 ft. from the basket. Then I thought, she still has a summer of aau ball and another season of high school ball plus a summer of training at Iowa before her freshman year. Hopefully A.J. does well so she is not needed her freshman year and can develope.
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Jada, at times, appears to not be playing as hard or fast as other times. She is really a very good 3 point shooter and has some guard skills (good passer). Not great when catching the ball with her back to the basket. Better off the dribble when attacking from the perimeter or face up from 15 feet in. Not consistently a great rebounder, but can get there.
2019 Boo William Nike Invitational
Marques Jackson 16U Division
All-Tournament Team
Hannah Stuelke, 6-1, power forward, 2022, All Iowa Attack 10th Nike EYBL (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) MVP
Orally committed to Iowa, Stuelke may have been Iowa’s key player as she controlled the middle (rebounding, some interior scoring, defending) allowing its fine three-point shooters (at least four) to do their thing. Although playing (hard) mostly in the lower paint, she did show some face-up stroke in the upper key.
Marques Jackson 16U Division
All-Tournament Team
Hannah Stuelke, 6-1, power forward, 2022, All Iowa Attack 10th Nike EYBL (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) MVP
Orally committed to Iowa, Stuelke may have been Iowa’s key player as she controlled the middle (rebounding, some interior scoring, defending) allowing its fine three-point shooters (at least four) to do their thing. Although playing (hard) mostly in the lower paint, she did show some face-up stroke in the upper key.
Hannah ‘played up’ two years for AIA on the ‘19 16u Nike EYBL championship team...
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WBB recruiting for the future, 2020 and beyond!
I think you’re right on that. Also think Iowa has some better options.iowa.forums.rivals.com
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Here's a nice write-up mentioning Stuelke and Gymfi from 2019. From what I read they won a Nike tournament undefeated.
www.lbinsider.com
LBI Event Recap: Nike Nationals Day III (Chicago, IL)
All Iowa Attack 16U & Team Takeover 17U Wins 2019 Nike Nationals
www.lbinsider.com
Any chance Iowa re-offers Wisconsin de-commit Jordana Codio '22? She previously had an Iowa offer, and her ESPN profile sounds like an answer to several of Iowa's glaring weaknesses:
"Athletic guard brings superior size to the back court; quick-leaper, drives and finishes plays in traffic; rises on jumper in mid-range game to the arc; a stock-riser in the class of 2022. (Olson)"
"Athletic guard brings superior size to the back court; quick-leaper, drives and finishes plays in traffic; rises on jumper in mid-range game to the arc; a stock-riser in the class of 2022. (Olson)"
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Maddyn and all of the Greenway girls are absolute studs and will have their pick of schools for either basketball or soccer. Nice thing is I don’t see them going anywhere but Iowa.
Chad is an absolute nut on the bench of one his daughters team that he helps coach. Complains to the refs all game. Spends more time bitching than helping out with coaching. At times it’s borderline embarrassing. I didn’t see him this past summer, but am thinking back to prior summers. His face gets beet red and looks like someone with road rage. Hopefully, he has toned it down some. But, yes his daughters have bright futures.
I don't have any highlights but here's one of Ediger's games from a few weeks ago. I haven't watched it but it sounds like she had 22 of her 28 pts in the first half. Ediger is #34 in white. This Youtube channel should have most, if not all, of Ediger's high school's home games.
As for O'Grady, again no highlights but here's a game from their state playoffs a few weeks ago. O'Grady is #22 in white.
I think that once Jan Jensen is working with her you will see her develop into an excellent post player.
All right, the "athlete" question. How is Taylor McCabe, the other '22 commit, in that regard? She played with Stuelke and Gyamfi.
I assume there is some connection between Halli Poock and Glenda Poock of Maynard who used to score 70 points in 6-girl in the 70's? I couldn't find it by googling. I did find a fun list of the all-time scoring games in 6-girl. Had no idea Jan Jensen went for 70 in a loss when Lynne Lorenzen scored 68 in the same game. Probably doesn't compare to her 105-point game against Villisca.
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McCabe can flat out shoot it. Similar in stature to Gabi Marshall. Is surprisingly effective around the rim, but will that be the case against Big10 competition? Quick release and very confident. Great kid from what I hear, but again, on the small side. For a team that struggles to guard, she looks a lot like what is already there.
She's been offered, it is a little early for the top (most of them) '23's to start naming "top school lists". How hard Iowa recruits her may depend on if they land a point guard in '22 - Acacia Hayes and Saniah Tyler appear to be the top two targets, although it really wouldn't surprise me if Iowa cools on Hayes despite making her top 8 - just my opinion on this particular recruit.
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I watched into the 3rd Q of the video of AJ Ediger that Hawkshawn posted above. I see she is listed as a forward, and at 6'3" seems more of a center to me from what I saw. I don't see an outside game or a lot of athleticism, but I'm sure center is where her team needs her. I thought she looked pretty good on O around the basket, like our current centers. I am by no means an expert on evaluations.
Here's a small highlight video of her hitting four three-pointers in a game this year. She has a really slow shot and a really low load. I don't think she'll be able to keep both of those things and be an effective long-range shooter in college.
One plus: one of the threes she hit was from Clark range. If she's taking shots from there in a game she clearly feels comfortable shooting threes.
https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/aj...?videoid=e93e9bbb-1390-4ee9-b259-179eba63da5b
Don't think Bluder plans on adding any transfers unless a player leaves. We return mostly everyone and add depth. Not a lot of minutes to offer a transfer. I don't see any players leaving. Tomi might have had a case but really came on at the end of the year. Cook and Meyer get limited playing time but ties to the program might be too strong for them to consider a transfer
